TELEVISION - Feb. 20, 1991

Lavin Pacts With ABC: Linda Lavin, who spent nine years as “Alice” on CBS, will be back on TV come fall in a new half-hour comedy series for ABC. In the still-to-be titled show, Lavin will be cast as a recently widowed mother with an adult daughter. Lavin describes the series as “a story of recovery . . . a story of coming from a dysfunctional to a functional relationship, exploring what a mother and daughter can be to each other as individuals beyond mother and daughter.” Lavin will be executive producer of the show in association with Warner Bros. Television. In the six years since “Alice” ended, Lavin starred on Broadway as Rose in “Gypsy” and won a Tony Award for “Broadway Bound.”